Patents by Inventor Thomas M Banks

Thomas M Banks has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6360712
    Abstract: A specialized mounting arrangement for an accessory such as an engine driven air conditioner compressor to an engine is utilized featuring a pair of press fitted bushings in a pair of arms of the mount and a single bolt extending therethrough. The arms of the mount assembly are constructed so that they straddle portions of an anchor member attached to the engine. A connector bolt is inserted through one bushing in one arm of the mount and then thorough a passage in the anchor member, and next into engagement with internal threads carried by the other bushing which his carried by the other arm of the mount. Rotation of the bolt moves the bushings toward one another and against the ends of the anchor member to clamp the anchor and thus the accessory therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M Banks, Kenneth W Wheat, Vem L Chuang
  • Patent number: 6324744
    Abstract: A specialized mounting arrangement for an accessory such as an engine driven air conditioner compressor to an engine is utilized featuring a pair of press fitted bushings in a pair of arms of the mount and a single bolt extending therethrough. The arms of the mount assembly are constructed so that they straddle portions of an anchor member attached to the engine. A connector bolt is inserted through one bushing in one arm of the mount and then thorough a passage in the anchor member, and next into engagement with internal threads carried by the other bushing which his carried by the other arm of the mount. Rotation of the bolt moves the bushings toward one another and against the ends of the anchor member to clamp the anchor and thus the accessory therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M Banks, Kenneth W Wheat, Vem L Chuang
  • Patent number: 4943068
    Abstract: A static dirt exclusion element is arranged in a unitized housing to contact a rotating exclusion element so as to provide a primary barrier to dust and airborne contaminants. A secondary barrier is provided in the housing in the form of a porous filter element formed of a foam or felted material to further exclude and entrap contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Mather Seal Company
    Inventors: Frederick R. Hatch, William M. Riley, Thomas M. Banks
  • Patent number: 4476734
    Abstract: The flushing of the syringe with a side port is performed by introducing a liquid solvent through the side port while the plunger is retracted from the barrel. At the completion of the flushing operation the plunger is fully inserted into the barrel expelling all the solvent except that in the needle. The needle is then inserted into the sample and the plunger is raised to withdraw the sample. With this arrangement, it is possible to take a 0.1 L sample and dispense it because of the solvent reserve in the barrel. Furthermore, the solvent reserved in the barrel provides a buffer so that sampled material does not contact the plunger or get into the annular space around the retracted plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Banks, Raymond R. Ruckel, Samuel F. Spencer, John Q. Walker